| Mr. K
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In a basin in northeastern Siberia, Russia, 350 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, there is an extremely cold village called Oymyakon, which is known as one of the coldest permanent settlements in the world, where there are 544 residents, who are known as the Yakuts.
The Oymyakon translation comes from the Yakut language, meaning "unfrozen water", referring to a hot spring near the village. The lowest temperature of minus 71.2 degrees Celsius was measured in the region, which earned it the title of "cold pole" in the northern hemisphere.
Because Oymyakon is located in East Siberia, the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, the average temperature in the coldest month is only minus 50 degrees Celsius, the summer is short and cool, and the average temperature in July is 14 ° C, which is colder than the Arctic, which belongs to the extreme subarcellal continental climate.
Reindeer herders used to stop here and let the reindeer drink water, which allowed Oymyakon to gradually develop into a village in the 1920s and 1930s. And in this vast snow town, there are more than 500 people living.
In the house to live in this piece, because the land here is frozen, so when building a house, it is necessary to bury the wooden stakes deep in the ground, the house and the ground should be more than 1 meter apart, and the doors and windows should also be four or five floors to prevent the intrusion of cold.
In extremely cold weather, it is very difficult for people to start the car, and it is precisely because of this that their cars have undergone special treatment, can only be started under the heat of the blowtorch flame, and they must also be very careful when driving, otherwise the tires are very easy to slip off the track.
In addition, if you appear outside at will, it is also quite troublesome, in the absence of protective measures, the face will be frozen in a few seconds, exaggerated to breathe outdoors, you can hear the exhaled gas into ice slag sound, if the temperature reaches minus 52 degrees Celsius, the school will be closed, in order to protect the safety of students.
First of all, it must be because it is in a high latitude, the approximate position of Imiacon is 63 ° N, 143 ° E, every winter, the day time is only 3.5 hours, so most of the time, is shrouded in darkness.
In addition, because it is inland and Oymyakon belongs to the basin, the warm air is blocked by the mountains, and the cold air from the north drives straight in, and the cold air sinks, so it is even colder here.
There are more than 500 residents here, most of whom have lived here for generations, most of them live by hunting and fishing, or raising cows and reindeer, but because the temperature is too cold, it is difficult for cows to survive, and there was a milk processing plant more than a decade ago, but it eventually closed down due to temperature.
Oymyakon is not famous not only because it is an extremely cold village, but also because of the many long-lived elderly people, mainly due to the effect of pure air and water, as well as the active lifestyle of the locals.
Despite the scarcity of supplies, many vegetables and poultry are impossible to achieve, and although reindeer are raised, hunted and fished for a living, the people here are not malnourished, and the secret lies in the fact that the locals consume animal milk, which contains a variety of trace elements, and also picks wild berries to supplement nutrition.
Locals say they love the climate, that the cold keeps people healthy and kills bacteria, that they can hunt and fish, that they have clean air, clean food, mushrooms and berries. We were happy.
In Oymyakon there is a very famous dish, sashimi, the inhabitants of the fish, they catch sturgeon, autumn salmon and other fish, directly frozen outdoors, and then taken indoors immediately cut into thin slices, and its taste is very similar to Spanish ham. In addition, they retain the fat under the skin of the fish, which is very nutritious.
Of course, although their mentality is very positive, it does bring inconvenience to their lives, such as pen ink freezing, glass lenses cracking, battery power loss, car engines, must be kept started throughout the day, otherwise it is difficult to restart after turning off.
In addition, due to the low temperature, the battery power loss is very fast, so the mobile phone can not be used at all. There is basically no modern equipment in the village, basically rely on wood and coal for heating at home, power supply relies on coal to generate electricity, once the coal supply is interrupted, the power station will rely on wood to generate electricity.
If there is a power outage, the village will be paralyzed within 5 hours, the water pipes will freeze, and although there is internet here, the internet speed is slow and rarely used. The sense of experience is poor.
Most of the villagers' food is frozen fish and horse meat, and occasionally they go to the only convenience store in the village to buy daily necessities and imported sweets and biscuits, and they bury their food in a cave underground that is almost never spoiled.
In terms of dressing, basically accounting for half of the residents' expenditure, ordinary down jackets and scarves are of little use, and they need plush leather jackets and leather pants, or mink coats, to keep warm. And no matter how much they wear, they can't stay outside for too long, usually only 20 minutes, otherwise it is easy to frostbite themselves.
Although it is an extremely cold place, it has a hot spring water that does not freeze all year round, which may be one of the reasons why they chose this place. Since the pipes are often frozen, they take them in this spring.
Although this is an extremely cold place and there are many troubles, the Oymyakon people have lived here for generations, and their enthusiasm for life has not retreated because of the cold.
Of course, it is still not recommended to try, after all, the low temperature of minus 71 degrees is completely challenging the limits of human beings, but it can be recommended to go to Heilongjiang to experience it, but we must pay attention to protective measures.